Hazards

Intermediate Geography
Environmental Interactions

Natural Hazards
LESSON 1

Success Criteria
By the end of this section you can
Define what a natural/environmental hazard is
Understand the effects of a natural hazards
Understand the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster
Identify different kinds of natural hazards

What is a Natural Hazard?
Read page 1 in Hazards Booklet (orange booklet at back of folder)
Some hazards are related to weather and climate
Others are related to the structure of the earth
What could be the effect of these hazards?

Natural Hazard Questions
Define the term ‘natural/ environmental hazard’? (1)
Make a list of the main environmental hazards? (6)
When do natural hazards become disastrous? (1)
How could such disasters affect people?
List your answer. (4)

How successful have WE been?
Can you?
Define what a natural/environmental hazard is
Understand the effects of a natural hazards
Understand the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster
Identify different kinds of natural hazards

The Earths Structure
Aims
Recall the structure of the earth from S2 ‘Earth Forces’
Learn about the earth’s plates
Learn about how these plates move

Success Criteria
By the end of this section you can
Recall that the earth’s plates
Understand how these plates can move and what can happen when they do so.

Structure of the earth

The Earths Plates

Giant Jigsaw Puzzle

Continental Drift
Movement at these plates is called continental drift
Some plates are being pulled apart (diverging)
Some are being pushed together (converging)
But how are they being moved??
Convection currents

Convection Current Movement

Converging and Diverging

How successful have WE been?
Can you?
Recall that the earth’s plates
Understand how these plates can move and what can happen when they do so.

Volcanoes
Look at page 3

Pangea – the Super Continent

Mid Atlantic Ridge
Complete class exercise 2

Pacific Ring of Fire

Next time....
We will learn about the inside of a volcano
Participate in some active learning

Volcanoes, part 2
Success criteria
By the end of this section you will have
Learnt about the inside of volcanoes
Improved your memory skills
Got to know each other a little bit better through teamwork
HOMEWORK Class exercise 2, 3 and 4
LESSON 2

Mount St Helen
Success criteria
Learnt about the eruption of Mount St Helens
The cause of the eruption, where the eruption happened, the impact of the eruption.
Watched some media about the eruption
Tested your knowledge by answering some questions from the Intermediate textbook
LESSON 3
H/WORK DUE!

Mount St Helen, cont
Success criteria
Learnt about the aftermath of the eruption
Learnt about the Mt St Helen’s aid operation
Answered a series of questions to test your understanding of this
LESSON
4

Other Eruptions
Success criteria
Learnt about the danger of pyroclastic flow
Learnt about eruptions which have had devastating pyroclastic flow activities
LESSON
5

Hazards Associated with Volcanic Eruptions
Take the heading above
Make a list of hazards that could be associated with a volcanic eruption
Tsunami Fire
Mudslides /Lahars Earthquakes
Famine Flooding

Earthquakes
Success criteria
By the end of this section you will be/ have
Confident about the cause of earthquakes
Confident about the where earthquakes are located
An understanding of new key vocabulary associated with earthquakes
LESSON
6
Look at page 47 in the yellow booklet

Today’s work
Using yellow worksheets
Read over information on pages 47 -49
Answer class exercise 9
Read page 52
Textbook Work
Read page 160-161
Answer the questions (either on your worksheet or in your jotter)

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